WEBVTT HE HAS AN EXTENSIVE ARRESTRECORD.KELLIE: KCRA 3'S VICKI GONZALEZHAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THESUSPECT'S PAST. REPORTER: A DEPUTY PUTTING HISLIFE ON THE LINE, SURVIVING AGUNSHOT WILL T THE FACE.BEFORE HE WERE A BAD, HE WAS AFOLSOM HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE,CLASS OF -- BEFORE HE WORE ABADGE,, HE WAS A FOLSOM HIGHSCHO GRADUATE, CLASS OF 2010.>> IS ALWAYS WILLING TO COME INAND HELP, WHATEVER THE PROBLEMIS.HE' ALWAYS WILLING TO WORKOVERTIME TO MAKE IT A SAFERENVIRONMENT.VICK YESTERDAY, WHILE WORKINGAT R STATION, HE WAS SHOT WITHHIS OWN WEAPON DURING A FIGHTWITH A PASSENGER.>> MY HEART IS BROKEN THAT HEHAS TO GO THROUG THIS,ESPECIALLY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.VICK SPAN IS NOW UNDER ARREST.THE 27-YEAR-OLD'S CRIMINAL PASTCONNECTING A DECADE.IN 2008, A DOUBLE HOMICIDE INMOUNTAIN VIEW.HE WOULD PLEAD NO CONTEST TOLESSER CHARGES.YOU WILL BE CHARGED ON SEVERALMISDEMEANORS IN SACRAMENTOCOUNTY FROM 2012 TO 2013,OBSTRUCTION OF AN OFFICER,BATTERY, AND PROPERTY DAMAGE.THE NOW 27-YEAR-OLD SENT TO JAILLAST MONTH FOR PAROLE VIOLATION,RELEASED JUST DAYS AGO, NOWCHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER ASA YOUNG DEPUTY IS RECOVERING INTHE HOSPITAL.

The Sacramento County sheriff's deputy who was shot in the face earlier this week is "upbeat" and "alert" in the hospital, Regional Transit police Lt. Lisa Hinz said.

Deputy Alex Ladwig was shot in the face by a gunman who used the deputy's own weapon in the shooting at a light rail station, the sheriff's department said.

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Ladwig was rushed to the hospital. He suffered major structural facial injuries.

Hinz said she visited with Ladwig Thursday morning and said he's able to communicate through writing. He has multiple surgeries coming up soon, but he is surrounded by friends, family and lots of visitors.

The initial investigation revealed Ladwig began talking with Nicory Marquis Spann, 27, of Sacramento, just before 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Regional Transit light rail station near Watt Avenue and Interstate 80.

Spann 'violently attacked' Ladwig and began fighting with him, Sgt. Tony Turnbull said.Spann then grabbed Ladwig's gun and fired two shots; one of them hit Ladwig in the face, according to Turnbull.

Spann ran into a nearby Red Roof Inn, which was subsequently surrounded by law enforcement. He was found hours later in a second-floor room alcove, lying on the ground in fetal position, Turnbull said.

Spann was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail on a charge of attempted murder of a peace officer. He is ineligible for bail and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday.